Show HN: Play poker with friends. No cards or chips needed

Re:Show HN: Play poker with friends. No cards or chips needed by nerf0 on Sunday April 05, 2020 @03:26PM (#22787858)

Hi HN! I love playing social poker with friends, but often find ourselves not having play cards or chips. I've tried quite a few options, including various mobile apps and websites. Didn't like any of them. So I made my own.

I had two main focuses: easy to use (only requires a web browser; no signup; no download) and good UI for face-to-face poker (track player scores; mobile friendly).

I also included a practice feature where you are pitted against an AI in heads-up.

Due to the social distancing situation, I realized it's not the perfect timing for release. But I do want to put this out there and move on. Hopefully it's useful to some people.

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Re:Show HN: Play poker with friends. No cards or chips needed by mattcrox on Monday April 06, 2020 @09:56AM (#22793704)

Site looks really good. Showed it to my team, I think we'll be experimenting with it this week. I've only tested practice mode so far, but is there a way to increase the blinds after X minutes? Like a Sit-N-Go / tournament mode?

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Re:Show HN: Play poker with friends. No cards or chips needed by nerf0 on Monday April 06, 2020 @10:40AM (#22794124)

Thanks! It doesn't have tournament mode yet. But looks like this is the most requested feature so far. I'll consider adding it soon.

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Re:Show HN: Play poker with friends. No cards or chips needed by heymijo on Sunday April 05, 2020 @09:05PM (#22790110)

Serendipity. I was just looking for something like this.

Looked in to blockchain.poker and PPPoker, but all I really wanted was a way to re-create an in-person poker game with friends. I look forward to trying this out.

Thanks for sharing it.

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Re:Show HN: Play poker with friends. No cards or chips needed by drakmail on Monday April 06, 2020 @04:18AM (#22791787)

You can also take a look at PokerTH

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Re:Show HN: Play poker with friends. No cards or chips needed by bingojess on Sunday April 05, 2020 @11:03PM (#22790610)

This is great. There are few good and truly free alternatives. Been through a few with in-app purchases to limit the number of hands and bloated with ads. Now I can play with friends while in isolation.

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Re:Show HN: Play poker with friends. No cards or chips needed by samizdis on Sunday April 05, 2020 @03:50PM (#22788076)

Have just tried a little bit, and from the brief toe in the water so far, yes, I think that some people will find this useful - or fun.

Thanks :-)

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